Which of the following is an aspect of the ending of Where is Here? that most clearly demonstrates mystery, tension, and surprise?


43 The mother entered the kitchen walking slowly as if she'd been struck a blow. In fact, a bruise the size of a pear would have materialized on her forearm by morning. When she reached out to steady herself, she misjudged the distance of the doorframe-or did the doorf recede an inch or two?-and nearly lost her balance.
44 In the kitchen, the lights were dim and an odor of sourish smoke, subtle but unmistakable made her nostrils pinch.
45 She slammed the oven door. Grabbed a pair of potholders with insulated linings.
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the one...
she said, panting,
"-and you know it.

Where is hero by Joyce carol Oates